Born in Uppsala, Sweden.
Lives and works in Ann Arbor, MI, U.S
EDUCATION
1999 Hunter College, New York City (Graduated with a B.A in Fine Arts, Magna Cum Laude).
1987-1988 Pratt Institute, New York City (Enrolled in the BFA Program).
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 In the Forest, 813 Microgallery, Ann Arbor, MI
Quiet Contemplation, Studio Break Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 Breathing Spaces, Soft Projects Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
2021 Glimpses, An Interactive Exhibit, Aquarium Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 The Living Room, The Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI (Curator: Thea A. Eck)
In the Middle with You, Los Angeles, CA (Curator: Shannon Rae Fincke)
PeepSpace Flat Files, Tarrytown, NY (Curators: PeepSpace Gallery).
2022 Open Call 2022, Online Exhibition (Curator: MePaintsMe).
At the Party, I Like Your Work Summer Exhibit (Online. Curator: Jane Lawrence).
Ukraine Art Sale, Fundraiser for Ukraine, London/Edinburgh, UK (Curators: Brushes with Greatness, and The Rafiki Gallery).
2021 Incomplete, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI (Curator: Sajeev Visweswaran).
Cynosure, An Exhibition of Contemporary Women Artists from Michigan, Scene Metrospace, East Lansing, MI (Curators: Lauren Brady and Rebecca Casement).
Art on a Postcard, Summer Auction, Auction benefiting The Hepatitis C Trust, Hoxton Gallery, London, UK (Curator: Gemma Peppe).
2020 Creative Distancing, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX (Online).
Touch: A Virtual Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL (Juror: Gina Lee Robbins).
Unraveling Racism: Seeing White, Norwest Gallery, Detroit, MI (Curator: Laura Earle).
2019 Permanence and Change, Kreft Arts Center, Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI (Juror: Amanda Coulson).
All Media Exhibition, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI (Juror: Tylonn J. Sawyer).
2018 An Other India, Off Center Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI (Invitational).
House of Wax, Northville Art House, MI (Juror: Candace Law).
2017 89th Michigan Regional Exhibit, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI (Juror: Petra Fallaux).
30th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA (Juror: Gia Hamilton Director of the Joan Mitchell Center).
2016 PowerArt! Project. Public Art Project, Painting selected, for reproduction and installation, in downtown Ann Arbor, MI.
Boundaries, Borders, and Thresholds, Kreft Juried National Exhibition, Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI (Juror: Sarah Kohn).
2015 Art for Charlie Competition: Juried ShortList, MSU College of Law, East Lansing, MI (Juror: Caitlin Doherty).
The Ann Arbor Art Center: All Media Exhibit, Ann Arbor, MI (Juror: Cristen Velliky).
INTERVIEWS, PUBLICATIONS, AND FEATURES
2023 ArtMaze Magazine, Edition #32-33
Create! Podcast interview with Alicia Puig
Canvas Rebel Magazine interview
Studio Break, Episode #291 Podcast interview by David Linneweh.
Create Magazine, Issue #35.
Gazete Sanat World, Interview with artist Mia Risberg. Online interview by Resul Sahin.
2022 Friends of the Artist, Book #15.
Create Magazine, More Creativity Exercises for Artists. Online blog feature by Alicia Puig.
Voyage Michigan. Online Feature.
New Visionary Magazine, Issue 1.
2021 WEMU Interview, Before and After: Visual Artist Mia Risberg is Resilient. Radio interview by Deb Polich and David Fair.
Studio Break, Episode #258. Podcast interview by David Linneweh.
Unraveling Racism. Exhibition catalog.
All She Makes Magazine, Issue 3.
Telephone Project, Visual Arts Book. Selected works exhibition catalog.
Artist Talk Magazine, Issue 15.
2020 Interesting Humans, The Tension Between Humans and Nature. Podcast interview by Christian Ward.
Off-Leash Arts, The Viewer Makes the Narrative. Podcast interview by Tanya Shaffer.
Visionary Arts Collective, Mia Risberg, Place and Memory. Online interview.
Platform Magazine, Mandali: India and the World. Online.
Pikchur Magazine, Issue 8.
Cloth & Kind Design, Mia Risberg: Collaborative Art Projects During Social Isolation. Blog feature by Quinn Riley.
All She Makes, 5 Must See Michigan Artists. Blog feature by Svitlana Martynjuk.
Style Carrot, ARTmonday : Inside World by Mia Risberg and Jessica Chappe. Blog feature by Marni Elyse Katz.
Artit Magazine, Issue 11: Portraits and Figures.
Create Magazine Blog, Capturing Glimpses of People with Paint by Mia Risberg. Online artist highlight by Sarah Mills.
2018 Ann Arbor Hills Living Magazine, Mia Risberg Coordinates and Curates Rasa Festival Art Shows. Article by Sarah Finanne.
2017 The 30th Annual McNeese Works on Paper National Exhibition. Exhibit Catalog.
2016 Svensk Dam Tidning, Svenska Hem i Michigan. Swedish Magazine Article by Katarina Lundgren Åström.
Culture Source, PowerArt! Transforms Ann Arbor Streets by Jenn McKee.
RESIDENCIES
2024 (forthcoming) Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2020 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA.
ARTIST LECTURES
2022 Guest speaker, online presentation. Sage Detroit, Detroit, MI. Second Sundays Art Project.
2021 Panel speaker, online presentation. Washtenaw Community College, Ypsilanti, MI, The Business of Being an Artist: Community Based Art Engagement.
Guest speaker, online presentation. Huron River Arts Collective, Ann Arbor, MI.
Guest speaker, online presentation. Swedish Women’s Educational Association.
2019 Visiting artist speaker, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI.
CURATORIAL WORK
2020 Mandali: India and the World, The Rasa Festival and The Ann Arbor District Library. Online exhibit.
2018 An Other India: Diverse Impressions, Riverside Arts Center, Off Center Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2022 Art writer of monthly art review online. Current Magazine, Ann Arbor, MI.
2021 Guest writer, online. Arts to Hearts, Experiencing Isolation.
2020 Guest writer, online. Parrhesiaste Platform, Art is Essential.
2019 Juror, The State Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI.
2018 Panel speaker, The Entrepreneurship Center, Washtenaw Community College, Ypsilanti, MI. Goals Groups for Creatives. Panelist.
Exhibit coordinator, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI, Sonabai: The Art of Seeing.
Juror, The State Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI.
2017 Grant Reviewer, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Ann Arbor, MI.